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Digital Divide Data: our Partner in Laos

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The DDD student staff people work half days at DDD, proofing textbooks to make them accessible to students with print disabilities. and ship the images and recognized text to Laos (and several other countries with other partners, including of course the U.S.). The head of DDD's Laos office is Ms.

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Using SMS in the Field

NTEN

The Mobicom partnership comes with access to their SMS website, which allows Bogii to track the messages that have been sent, how many were undelivered due to connection issues, and to see audience responses to the message. Access to a large network of mobile users within target site. What worked. What didn't work.

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Southeast Asia, Social Enterprise Accidental Tour!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I just spent almost three weeks in Thailand and Laos on a combined work and vacation trip. One of my business visits was to a long-standing social enterprise partner of ours, Digital Divide Data in Vientiane, Laos. I wrote about that visit in my last blog post: Digital Divide Data: our Partner in Laos.

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A History of How Modern ESG Came to Be

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196 0s – Anti Vietnam War protests and the push for peace in the United States is well-known for the actions taken by University students and protesters, but also involved outspoken members of the business community. By 1994, investors had access to 26 sustainable funds, with assets of around $1.9 Billion. . .

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7 Nonprofits Leading the Fight Against Human Trafficking

Saleforce Nonprofit

It also uses the NPSP as its CRM (constituent relationship management system) tracking interactions with donors, contractors, grantmakers, advisors, board members, volunteers, customers, and students. However, AnnieCannons is also like a business, which is where data and process management gets a little more complicated.

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[VIDEO] Power Of Community In Strategic Planning

Bloomerang

.” We were floored that half the students were raising their hands. We then gave them access to referrals and you know what, 90% of the students did not follow up on the referrals. They had to deal with their own students and their own curriculum. And so we identified this desire, right? We listened to them.

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Preventing Human Trafficking: An Interview with Christina Arnold

Have Fun - Do Good

I'd say we have got more than 15 people on-board now for this idea, which is to put all the research that has been done on this issue into one place where people can access it. It is an observatory to study human trafficking in Southeast Asia, and it is a group of academics and researchers and activists from all over the world.